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| Kathleen J. Tierney, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Director, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware Introduction and Chair [Transcript • Slides] |
Speaker Biography Kathleen Tierney is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. With over two decades of experience in the disaster field, she has been involved in research on many different disaster events, including major earthquakes in California and Japan, floods in the Midwest, and Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew. Since September 11, she has been directing a major study on the organizational and community response in New York following the attack on the World Trade Center. Her other current and recent research projects include studies on public perceptions of the earthquake threat in the Northern California Bay Area, the implementation of FEMA's Project Impact in communities around the U.S., real-time warning systems for earthquakes, risk communication, and the business impacts of disasters. Tierney is the author of dozens of articles, book chapters, and technical reports on the social aspects of hazards, disasters, and risk, including articles in The International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Sociological Spectrum, Sociological Forum, Natural Hazards Review, and Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Her publications also include Disasters, Collective Behavior, and Social Organization (1994), co-edited with Russell Dynes, and Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States (2001), co-authored with Michael K. Lindell and Ronald W. Perry. [return to top] |
